舌尖上的中国第1季 第26期:主食的故事(9)

 Lanzhou natives start their days with a bowl of beef noodles. 兰州人的早晨是从一碗牛肉面开始的。

With the Yellow River crossing the city, Lanzhou is home to over 1,000 Muslim noodle shops. 这个黄河穿城而过的城市有着1000多家清真拉面馆。

Every day, more than 1 million bowls of beef noodles are consumed. 每天要消耗一百万碗以上的牛肉面。

People have lavished¹ praise on the tender and hot Lanzhou noodles. 柔韧、滚烫的口感是兰州拉面令人赞不绝口的关键。

A hundred years ago, a Hui ethnic² person Ma Baozi poured the water, in which the beef and lamb livers were just boiled, into a pot. 一百年前，回族人马保子把煮过牛羊肝的汤兑入锅中。

Noodles made in that pot won popularity immediately. 清香扑鼻的热锅子面大受欢迎。

The clarity of the beef broth³ is the way to check if the beef noodles are authentic⁴. 牛肉汤的清与浊是捡验牛肉面是否正宗的秘笈之一。

The best beef noodles should acquire the following five features: 一碗绝佳的牛肉拉面应该具有。

Clear soup, clean white turnips⁵, brilliant red chili⁶ oil, green parsley and yellow noodles. 汤汁清爽，萝卜白净，辣油红艳，香菜翠绿，面条黄亮，五个特点。

When kneading the flour, Ma Baozi creatively added some special water, whose main component⁷ is potassium carbonate. 马保子又在和面时创造性地加入了蓬灰水。

It made the flour more elastic⁸. 这使得面团更加富于弹性。

All the procedures are manual. 全部工序要靠手工操作。

Ma Wenbin is the fourth-generation successor of Lanzhou beef noodles. 马文斌是兰州牛肉拉面的第四代传人。

He's been working in a noodle shop for 40 years. 他在拉面馆里工作了40年。

To pull the dough⁹ into noodles of different thickness, a chef needs to have extraordinary strong arms and also exquisite¹⁰ skills in controlling his strength. 要想拉出粗细不同面不但要臂力过人，对力道的控制还要刚中带柔。

The same wheat and the same flour, but different noodles and different wonders are produced. 同样的麦子磨成同样的面粉却可以做出不同的面条，表现出不同的精彩。

1 lavished   

v.过分给予，滥施( lavish的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• I lavished all the warmth of my pent-up passion. 我把憋在心里那一股热烈的情感尽量地倾吐出来。 来自辞典例句
• An enormous amount of attention has been lavished on these problems. 在这些问题上，我们已经花费了大量的注意力。 来自辞典例句

2 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

3 broth   

n.原(汁)汤(鱼汤、肉汤、菜汤等)

参考例句：

• Every cook praises his own broth.厨子总是称赞自己做的汤。
• Just a bit of a mouse's dropping will spoil a whole saucepan of broth.一粒老鼠屎败坏一锅汤。

4 authentic   

a.真的，真正的；可靠的，可信的，有根据的

参考例句：

• This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
• Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。

5 turnips   

芜青( turnip的名词复数 )； 芜菁块根； 芜菁甘蓝块根； 怀表

参考例句：

• Well, I like turnips, tomatoes, eggplants, cauliflowers, onions and carrots. 噢，我喜欢大萝卜、西红柿、茄子、菜花、洋葱和胡萝卜。 来自魔法英语-口语突破（高中）
• This is turnip soup, made from real turnips. 这是大头菜汤，用真正的大头菜做的。

6 chili   

n.辣椒

参考例句：

• He helped himself to another two small spoonfuls of chili oil.他自己下手又加了两小勺辣椒油。
• It has chocolate,chili,and other spices.有巧克力粉，辣椒，和其他的调味品。

7 component   

n.组成部分，成分，元件；adj.组成的，合成的

参考例句：

• Each component is carefully checked before assembly.每个零件在装配前都经过仔细检查。
• Blade and handle are the component parts of a knife.刀身和刀柄是一把刀的组成部分。

8 elastic   

n.橡皮圈，松紧带；adj.有弹性的；灵活的

参考例句：

• Rubber is an elastic material.橡胶是一种弹性材料。
• These regulations are elastic.这些规定是有弹性的。

9 dough   

n.生面团；钱，现款

参考例句：

• She formed the dough into squares.她把生面团捏成四方块。
• The baker is kneading dough.那位面包师在揉面。

10 exquisite   

adj.精美的；敏锐的；剧烈的，感觉强烈的

参考例句：

• I was admiring the exquisite workmanship in the mosaic.我当时正在欣赏镶嵌画的精致做工。
• I still remember the exquisite pleasure I experienced in Bali.我依然记得在巴厘岛所经历的那种剧烈的快感。